1. Initial Analysis of KC Rising Sectors’ Demand for Human Capital Competencies Common Sector Competencies Task Force AUGUST 19, 2015

2. Methodology Convert the KC Rising sectors, which are industry- based, into the occupations comprising them Pass the occupations through successive screens: At least 100 employees Median wage above the regional median ($20.61) Entry requires some college or a non-degree post- secondary award Hard to Fill: More unique postings than hires over the last year

3. Methodology Resulted in 70 different occupations Select the 20 occupations projected to grow the fastest to examine competencies These fastest growing occupations clustered into three main groups

4. Computer Occupations Software Developers, Applications Computer Systems Analysts Computer User Support Specialists Network and Computer Systems Administrators Computer and Information Systems Managers Web Developers Information Security Analysts

5. Engineering & Architecture Occupations Civil Engineers Electrical Engineers Mechanical Engineers Industrial Engineers Architectural and Engineering Managers Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians

6. Business Management and Finance Occupations Loan Officers Financial Managers Personal Financial Advisors Management Analysts Financial Analysts Training and Development Specialists

7. Plus One Technical Sales Occupation Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Product

8. Fastest Growing Occupations: 2014 Employment Level

9. Fastest Growing Occupations: Forecast Growth (2014 - 2024)

15. Competencies Knowledge: Organized sets of principles and facts applying in general domains Skills: Developed capacities that facilitate learning or the more rapid acquisition of knowledge Abilities: Enduring attributes of the individual that influence performance Source: O-Net

16. Knowledge Administration and Management Engineering and Technology Personnel and Human Resources BiologyEnglish LanguagePhilosophy and Theology Building and ConstructionFine ArtsPhysics ChemistryFood ProductionProduction and Processing ClericalForeign LanguagePsychology Communications and MediaGeographyPublic Safety and Security Computers and ElectronicsHistory and ArcheologySales and Marketing Customer and Personal ServiceLaw and GovernmentSociology and Anthropology DesignMathematicsTelecommunications Economics and AccountingMechanicalTherapy and Counseling Education and TrainingMedicine and DentistryTransportation

17. Skills Active LearningManagement of Material ResourcesRepairing Active ListeningManagement of Personnel ResourcesScience Complex Problem SolvingMathematicsService Orientation CoordinationMonitoringSocial Perceptiveness Critical ThinkingNegotiationSpeaking Equipment MaintenanceOperation and ControlSystems Analysis Equipment SelectionOperation MonitoringSystems Evaluation InstallationOperations AnalysisTechnology Design InstructingPersuasionTime Management Judgment and Decision MakingProgrammingTroubleshooting Learning StrategiesQuality Control AnalysisWriting Management of Financial Resources Reading Comprehension

18. Abilities Arm-Hand SteadinessInductive ReasoningSelective Attention Auditory AttentionInformation OrderingSound Localization Category FlexibilityManual DexteritySpatial Orientation Control PrecisionMathematical ReasoningSpeech Clarity Deductive ReasoningMemorizationSpeech Recognition Depth PerceptionMultilimb CoordinationSpeed of Closure Dynamic FlexibilityNear VisionSpeed of Limb Movement Dynamic StrengthNight VisionStamina Explosive StrengthNumber FacilityStatic Strength Extent FlexibilityOral ComprehensionTime Sharing Far VisionOral ExpressionTrunk Strength Finger DexterityOriginalityVisual Color Discrimination Flexibility of ClosurePerceptual SpeedVisualization Fluency of IdeasPeripheral VisionWrist-Finger Speed Glare SensitivityProblem SensitivityWritten Comprehension Gross Body CoordinationRate ControlWritten Expression Gross Body EquilibriumReaction Time Hearing SensitivityResponse Orientation

19. Importance and Level Importance: how critical a particular set of knowledge, skills or abilities is to proficiently performing the occupation. Level: the amount of knowledge, skill or ability required or needed to perform this occupation.

20. EXAMPLE: Software Developers, Applications - Knowledge Knowledge ImportanceLevel Administration and Management3536 Biology22 Building and Construction00 Chemistry33 Clerical1824 Communications and Media2625 Computers and Electronics9495 Customer and Personal Service3739 Design3442 Economics and Accounting1618 Education and Training3745 Engineering and Technology5255 English Language6258 Fine Arts11 Food Production00 Foreign Language1619 Geography56 History and Archeology00 Law and Government2225 Mathematics6974 Mechanical1014 Medicine and Dentistry35 Personnel and Human Resources1216 Philosophy and Theology22 Physics2524 Production and Processing1718 Psychology67 Public Safety and Security1012 Sales and Marketing1817 Sociology and Anthropology22 Telecommunications2625 Therapy and Counseling00 Transportation44

21. EXAMPLE: Software Developers, Applications – Skills Skill ImportanceLevel Active Learning 47 55 Active Listening 60 59 Complex Problem Solving 72 63 Coordination 53 52 Critical Thinking 63 59 Equipment Maintenance 10 11 Equipment Selection 28 30 Installation 28 29 Instructing 44 52 Judgment and Decision Making 66 61 Learning Strategies 41 46 Management of Financial Resources 28 34 Management of Material Resources 28 34 Management of Personnel Resources 50 48 Mathematics 60 61 Monitoring 53 55 Negotiation 41 43 Operation and Control 31 36 Operation Monitoring 44 45 Operations Analysis 63 54 Persuasion 44 48 Programming 72 66 Quality Control Analysis 47 55 Reading Comprehension 56 61 Repairing 10 11 Science 44 46 Service Orientation 44 45 Social Perceptiveness 44 43 Speaking 60 57 Systems Analysis 69 61 Systems Evaluation 66 64 Technology Design 56 52 Time Management 56 50 Troubleshooting 56 75 Writing 50 55

22. EXAMPLE: Software Developers, Applications - Abilities Ability ImportanceLevel Arm-Hand Steadiness2527 Auditory Attention1920 Category Flexibility6352 Control Precision2521 Deductive Reasoning6963 Depth Perception1913 Dynamic Flexibility00 Dynamic Strength00 Explosive Strength00 Extent Flexibility00 Far Vision3136 Finger Dexterity4443 Flexibility of Closure5048 Fluency of Ideas6357 Glare Sensitivity00 Gross Body Coordination00 Gross Body Equilibrium00 Hearing Sensitivity2825 Inductive Reasoning6657 Information Ordering6355 Manual Dexterity2521 Mathematical Reasoning6361 Memorization3841 Multilimb Coordination00 Near Vision6359 Night Vision00 Number Facility6055 Oral Comprehension6061 Oral Expression6359 Originality5655 Perceptual Speed4746 Peripheral Vision00 Problem Sensitivity6959 Rate Control00 Reaction Time32 Response Orientation64 Selective Attention6050 Sound Localization34 Spatial Orientation00 Speech Clarity5346 Speech Recognition5348 Speed of Closure4743 Speed of Limb Movement00 Stamina00 Static Strength00 Time Sharing3129 Trunk Strength00 Visual Color Discrimination3132 Visualization4748 Wrist-Finger Speed65 Written Comprehension6059 Written Expression5055

23. Knowledge Competencies: Computer Occupations

24. Knowledge Competencies: Engineering & Architecture

25. Knowledge Competencies: Business & Finance

26. Knowledge Competencies: Technical Sales

27. Knowledge Competencies: 20-Occupation Average* *Weighted average, with occupation score weighted by its forecast growth

28. Knowledge Competencies: Life Science Average* *Weighted average, with occupation score weighted by its historical growth

29. Skill Competencies: 20-Occupation Average

30. Skill Competencies: Life Science Average

31. Ability Competencies: 20-Occupation Average

32. Ability Competencies: Life Science Average

33. Conclusions KC Rising’s sectors create demands for some very specific knowledge competencies. The skills and abilities demanded are more generally shared across the sectors. Life science occupations appear to be a bit more unique than others in this regard More work is needed to unpack the knowledge competencies into specific domain requirements

34. Questions Is this a useful start? Where should we go from here?